Actress Jane Russell, a controversial Hollywood sex symbol best known for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and other works, has died at the age of 89. The voluptuous star of 1940s and 1950s movies, a pinup girl in an age before pinup girls, died of respiratory failure at home in Santa Maria, Calif. While she carried many films , she was arguably at her best in comedies that, subtly or not, spoofed her sexpot image and focused on her figure. She could also carry a tune, as this vintage clip attests … Jane Russell – Lookin’ For Trouble It was eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes who discovered Russell and put her in a movie, The Outlaw . She went onto achieve decades of success.
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Jane Russell Passes Away at 89
